# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1989_S23
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MINUTES OF THE CONVENTION 23

Convention Chaplain Amold Kuntz

ingness to proceed with the use of the electronic voting
system. The vote for approval was unanimous.

The assembly also voted to extend the orders of the day
for the morning session until 12:30 p.m. This was to allow
adequate time for validating the voting pads and com-
pleting the election of a president.

Standing Rules

Dr. Walter Rosin, secretary of the Synod, presented the
proposed standing rules for the convention to the dele-
gates, which appeared on page 4 of Today’s Business. The
standing rules were accepted with the following changes:

By common consent of the assembly, line 13 was
changed to read “... governed by Roberts Rules of Order,
Scott, Foresman and Company, 1981 edition.”

An amendment was proposed to delete the words “with-
out debate” from standing rule 7. The amendment failed.

Further action on the Standing Rules was postponed
until the afternoon session.

Adoption of Slate for Office of President

Dr. Walter Rosin presented the official slate for the of-
fice of President of The Lutheran Church—Missouri
Synod. The convention adopted the slate of candidates for
President as presented: Ralph A. Bohlmann, Eugene W.
Bunkowske, Robert D. Preus, Robert C. Sauer, and George
F. Wollenburg. When the voting machines were ready and
the assembly had been led in prayer by the Chaplain, the
delegates of the convention cast their ballots for the office
of President with the following results:

Ralph A. Bohimann ................... 0. eee e eee 589
Eugene W. Bunkowske ..................-.02 eee eee 57
Robert D. Preus ............. 02. e eee e cece eee eee eees 16
Robert C. Sauer ............. cece cece eee cee eeeeee 433
George F. Wollenburg ...............2.-.--eeeeeeeee 29

Of the 1,124 votes cast, 52.4 percent were cast for Ralph
A. Bohlmann, who was declared elected.
The Chaplain led the delegates in prayer.

The delegates voted to retain the validation of the Sat-
urday morning’s session for the voting Saturday afternoon.

Noonday Prayers
The noonday prayers were led by Dr. Arnold Kuntz.

Session 2
July 8, Afternoon

Opening Devotions
Devotions were led by Chaplain Kuntz.

Registration, Credentials, and Elections

As of 12:30 p.m. 1,131 delegates were registered for the
convention, 568 pastors and 563 laypersons.

The chairman of the committee reported in response to
a question from the floor that the number of machines
which had been validated prior to the voting for the office
of president of the Synod had not been recorded and was
lost. The delegates indicated by a show of hands that the
assembly accepted the report and did not require a re-
validation.

Adoption of Slate for Office of First Vice-President

Dr. Walter Rosin presented the slate of nominees for
the office of First Vice-President of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod. The nominees included Alvin L.
Barry, Eugene W. Bunkowske, Robert T. Kuhn, August T.
Mennicke, and George F. Wollenburg.

The name of Robert H. King was added to the slate of
nominees by amendment. The convention delegates
adopted the amended slate. Vote was delayed until infor-
mation on the sixth candidate could be made available to
the assembly.

The delegates cast their votes for the First Vice-Presi-
dent with the following results:

First Second Third
Ballot Ballot Ballot

Alvin L. Barry 233 278 335
Eugene W. Bunkowske 113 88

Robert H. King 1220 17 113
Robert T. Kuhn 21

August T. Mennicke 509 533 595
George F. Wollenburg 121 102 81

Receiving a majority of the votes on the third ballot, Dr.
August T. Mennicke was declared elected. Chaplain Kuntz
led the assembly in prayer.

Standing Rules

A motion was made to amend the Standing Rules to the
effect that “any reports, thanks, ‘table talks,’ nonelection
polling, or other activities during floor-committee time, be-
yond the presentation of their resolutions, will be limited
to one such activity, of not more than five minutes of their
allotted time, per committee appearance before the con-
vention.” The amendment failed.

A motion was then made and approved to adopt the
Standing Rules as amended.